Workshop on Comparative International Research Based on HRS, ELSA and SHARE

Friday, July 16, 2010

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 a.m.

Introduction

9:15 – 9:50 a.m.

“Economic Effects of Treatment Intensity: Elective Surgery, Paid and Unpaid Work”

Author: Lauren Nicholas*, University of Michigan

Discussant: Antigone Lyberaki, Panteion University

9:50 – 10:25 a.m.

“Does Retirement Affect Cognitive Functioning?”

Authors: Eric Bonsang*, ROA, Maastricht University, CREPP; Stéphane Adam, CPLU, University of Liège, Neuropsychology Unit, University of Liège; and Sergio Perelman, CREPP, University of Lièg

Discussant: Gema Zamarro, RAND Corporation

10:25 – 10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 – 11:20 a.m.

“Wellbeing in later life: the association between retirement and depression in the U.S., England, and Korea”

Authors: Jinkook Lee*, RAND; and James Nazroo, University College London, England

Discussant: David Weir, University of Michigan

11:20 – 11:55 a.m.

“Depression among older adults in the United States and England”

Author: Kara Zivin*, Department of Veterans Affairs, and University of Michigan Medical School; David Llewellyn, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, and University of Cambridge; Iain Lang, Peninsula Medical School; Sandeep Vijan, University of Michigan Medical School, and Department of Veterans Affairs; Mohammed Kabeto, University of Michigan Medical School; Erin. Miller, University of Michigan Medical School; Kenneth Langa, University of Michigan Medical School and Department of Veterans Affairs

Discussant: Patrick Hullegi, Tilburg University

11:55 – 12:30 p.m.

“An assessment of the cross-national equivalence of a depressive symptoms scale in older adults in the US and UK”

Authors: Ryan McCammon*, University of Michigan Medical School; Kara Zivin, Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Michigan Medical School; David Llewellyn, Peninsula Medical School and Addenbrooke’s Hospital; Iain Lang, University of Cambridge; Richard. Jones, Harvard Medical School; Kenneth. Langa, University of Michigan Medical School and the Department of Veterans Affairs

Discussant: Jinkook Lee, RAND Corporation

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 – 2:05 p.m.

“Is the anchoring vignettes method sensitive to the domain and choice of the vignette?”

Author: Hana Voňková*, Tilburg University; and Patrick Hullegie, Tilburg University

Discussant: Arie Kapteyn, RAND Corporation

2:05 – 2:40 p.m.

“Does poverty status contain information? An investigation of sources and methods”

Authors: Antigone Lyberaki, Panteion University; Platon Tinios*, Piraeus University

Discussant: Paco Martorell, RAND Corporation

2:40 – 3:00 p.m.

Break

3:00 – 3:35 p.m.

“Disability Insurance and Health in Europe and the US”

Authors: Enrica Croda*, Ca' Foscari University of Venice; Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College

Discussant: Jim Smith, RAND Corporation

3:35 – 4:10 p.m.

“Informal Care and Formal Home Care Use in Europe and the United States”

Authors: Alberto Holly, Université de Lausanne; Thomas M. Lufkin*, University of Lausanne; Edward C. Norton, University of Michigan; Courtney Van Houtven, Duke University

Discussant: Adeline Delavande, RAND Corporation

4:10 p.m.

Adjourn

6:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Dinner at La Cachette Bistro
1733 Ocean Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 434-9509
http://lacachettebistro.com/

Saturday, July 17, 2010

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00 – 9:35 a.m.

“Unequal Giving: Monetary Gifts to Children Across Countries and Over Time”

Authors: Julie Zissimopoulos*, RAND; and James Smith, RAND

Discussant: Platon Tinios, Piraeus University

9:35 – 10:10 a.m.

“Is it true love? Altruism versus exchange in time and money transfers”

Authors: Rob Alessie, University of Groningen, Netspar; Viola Angelini, University of Padua; Giacomo Pasini*, University of Venice, Netspar

Discussant: Michael Hurd, RAND Corporation

10:10 – 10:30 a.m.

Break

10:30 – 11:05 a.m.

“The ‘healthy migrant effect’ in late-life? Implications for physical and mental health of migrants across 11 European countries”

Authors: Keren Ladin*, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and Harvard University; Steffen Reinhold, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)

Discussant: Peter Brownell, RAND Corporation

11:05 – 11:40 p.m.

“Height, Education and Later-life Cognition in Latin America and the Caribbean”

Author: Jürgen Maurer*, RAND

Discussant: Kara Zivin, University of Michigan Medical School

11:40 – 12:15 p.m.

“The effect of childhood education on old age cognitive abilities: evidence from Europe”

Author: Fabrizio Mazzonna*, Tor Vergata University

Discussant: Susann Rowhedder, RAND Corporation

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 – 1:50 p.m.

“Early Life Conditions and the SES Health Gradient among Aging Populations in Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia”

Author: Mary McEniry*, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Discussant: Emma Aguila, RAND Corporation

1:50 – 2:25 p.m.

“Gender Differences in the Effect of Education on Depression in Later Life”

Author: Barbara Schaan*, University of Mannheim

Discussant: Peter Huckfeldt, RAND Corporation

2:25 – 3:00 p.m.

“The English are healthier than Americans in later life: Do psychosocial risk factors contribute?”

Authors: Anne McMunn*, University College London; James Banks, University College London; Jim Smith, RAND; Michael Marmot, University College London

Discussant: Axel Börsch-Supan, Mannheim University

3:00 – 3:20 p.m.

Break

3:20 – 3:55 p.m.

“International comparison of inequalities in receipt of hip and knee joint replacements”

Authors: Nick Steel*, University of East Anglia; Allan Clark, University of East Anglia

Discussant: Eileen Crimmins, University of Southern California

3:55 – 4:30 p.m.

“Health Behaviors and Individual Preferences across socio-economic status: A Comparison between Japan and the U.S.”

Authors: Hideki Hashimoto, Teikyo University School of Medicine; Hidehiko Ichimura, The University of Tokyo; and Satoshi Shimizutani*, Institute for International Policy Studies

Discussant: Titus Galama, RAND Corporation

4:30 – 5:05 p.m.

“Self-Employment Transitions among Older Workers: a Cross-Country Panel Data Analysis”

Authors: Dimitris Christelis*, University of Naples; and Raquel Fonseca, RAND

Discussant: Erik Meijer, RAND Corporation

5:05 p.m.

Adjourn